Svyatoslav Vakarchuk

Infobox musical artist
Name = Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Святослав Вакарчук

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Born = May 14, 1975, Mukachevo, Ukraine
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Genre = rock
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1994 – present
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Associated_acts = Okean Elzy
URL = http://www.okeanelzy.com
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk ( _uk. Святослав Іванович Вакарчук; born May 14 1975, Mukachevo, Ukraine) is the lead vocalist of Okean Elzy, the most successful post-Soviet rock band in Ukraine.

He was active in supporting the Orange Revolution, and is involved in many social and cultural projects. He is one of the most successful musicians in Ukraine and has a degree in theoretical physics. By the year 2007, he has released seven albums together with his band: "Там, де нас нема", "Я на небі був", "Модель", "Холодно", "Суперсиметрія", "Gloria", and "Міра".

The Ukrainian magazine "Korrespondent" ranks him as one of the 100 most influential people of Ukraine (in 2008 ranked 55). [Korrespondent 2008-08-22, nr 32.]

In the early parliamentary elections on September 30, 2007 he appeared as an independent candidate on the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc's list (as nr 15). In the Verkhovna Rada he was a member of the parliamentary committee for freedom of speech questions. In early September 2008 he renounced his seat in the Verkhovna Rada due to the new political crisis. [cite news
url=http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2008/09/11/n_1269306.shtml
title=Солист «Океана Эльзы» отказался от депутатского мандата
publisher=Gazeta.ru
date=2008-09-11
accessdate=2008-09-11
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References

* [http://www.okeanelzy.com/ua/vakarchuk Biography at Okean Elzy official site]
* [http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=11120 Vakarchuk's official page at Verkhovna Rada]
* [http://vakarchuk.com/ Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's fan club]